Yet another conservative think tank makes a contribution to the campaign to undermine publicly-funded employment benefits for low-wage workers. This time it’s the libertarians. Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute penned an op-ed for the San Francisco Chronicle about the “10th anniversary”. He shows his colors in the final paragraphs of the commentary:

“But by almost any measure you can think of, it is clear that the critics of welfare reform were wrong. Yet the same critics raise similar scare stories when reforms to other government programs, from Medicare and Medicaid to Social Security, are discussed. Once again we are hearing that any changes, reductions, or “privatization” of these programs will lead to widespread poverty, suffering and corpses on every corner. Given the critics‘ record on welfare reform, maybe we should be more skeptical the next time they say the sky is falling.”